Lucas 3:15

15 Todos esperaban que el Mesías viniera pronto, y tenían muchas ganas de saber si Juan era el Mesías.

Lucas 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 3:15

And as the people were in expectation, of the coming of the
Messiah;
Daniel's seventy weeks being now accomplished, the sceptre being departed from Judah, and the Romans having the government in their hands, from whom they hoped for a deliverance by Christ; and all men mused in their hearts of John; whether he were the Christ,
or no;
about which they had many reasonings and debates: some doubting of it, others ready to believe it, from his extraordinary birth, the singular holiness of his life, the power and efficacy of his doctrine, the new ordinance he administered, the restoration of religion by him, the freedom he took in reproving the vices of men, and the apt answers he gave to the questions now put to him. And that the Messiah was born, though he was not, as yet, made manifest, they might conclude, not only from the fulfilment of several prophecies, but from the song of Zacharias, the declaration of Simeon and Anna in the temple, and of the wise men that came from the east; and John appearing in such an unusual manner, they were ready to hope that he was the person; though they did not consider that he was of the tribe of Levi, and not of Judah; from which latter the Messiah was to spring; but this might be unattended to by them, and Satan might have an hand in it to hide the true Messiah from them.

Lucas 3:15 In-Context

13 Él les contestó:
—No recauden más impuestos de lo que el gobierno requiere.

14 —¿Qué debemos hacer nosotros? —preguntaron algunos soldados.
Juan les contestó:
—No extorsionen ni hagan falsas acusaciones, y estén satisfechos con su salario.

15 Todos esperaban que el Mesías viniera pronto, y tenían muchas ganas de saber si Juan era el Mesías.

16 Juan contestó a sus preguntas diciendo: «Yo los bautizo con
agua, pero pronto viene alguien que es superior a mí, tan superior que ni siquiera soy digno de ser su esclavo y desatarle las correas de sus sandalias. Él los bautizará con el Espíritu Santo y con fuego.

17 Él está listo para separar el trigo de la paja con su rastrillo. Luego limpiará la zona donde se trilla y juntará el trigo en su granero, pero quemará la paja en un fuego interminable».